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# differently

«differently» in Mova's school dictionary: **not the same as another way or as before** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (differently, more differently)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that is not the same as another way or as before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, «solve it differently» means find another method, which also helps check the answer; people may think differently and still both be right. In everyday life and friendship, people look, speak and believe differently, and we respect that. Phrases: «do things differently», «think differently», «differently from», «act differently».

### examples

- Try to solve the problem differently to check your answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x1)
- Every child learns differently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x2)
- My brother and I see things differently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x3)
- If I could start again, I'd do it differently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x4)
- The two words are spelled differently but sound the same. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x5)
- She dressed differently for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x6)
- The dog acts differently when it's hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x7)
- Ice behaves differently from water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x8)
- "You will think differently in the morning," said Medea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/#x9)

### note

Adjective: «different»; noun: «difference». Say «differently from» (also «to» in British, «than» in American). In maths, the «difference» between two numbers is what you get when you subtract — a different idea.

### In the corpora

- [Bots add some randomness, so even the same bot can answer differently twice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/15/)
- [Many berries are poisonous to people even though birds can eat them, because birds' bodies handle some poisons differently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/255-plants-deeper-poisonous-and-stinging-plants-and-staying-safe/7/)
- [Scientists and cooks use words differently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/2/)
- [But the Stranger-man reads the picture quite differently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/84-justso-first-letter-1-a-broken-spear/10/)
- [As sugar dissolves you can see wavy streams, because the sugary water bends light differently from plain water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/6-mixing-and-dissolving/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «differently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/differently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.